Frederic Ambroisine

LAL TIP (RED POINT): WORKING ON A BOLLYWOOD MOVIE IN PARIS
I started to work last Sunday as a boom operator and stills photographer on « Lal Tip » (a.k.a. « Red Point » a.k.a. “Point Rouge”) a musical romantic drama, and so far, it’s a pretty awesome experience. “Red Point” is the very first Bangladeshi movie...(more on AliveNotDead)

THE LAST EXORCISM FRENCH PREMIERE feat ELI ROTH & DANIEL STAMM (L'ETRANGE FESTIVAL 2010)
French premiere of "The Last Exorcism" @ L'Etrange Festival in Paris (Forum des Images) on Sept. 7th, 2010. Feat. producer Eli Roth & director Daniel Stamm....(Watch the video on Youtube)

ALEC EMPIRE - NEW MAN (LIVE IN PARIS - L'ETRANGE MUSIQUE 2010)
Alec Empire feat. Nic Endo "New Man". L'Etrange Musique / Live in Paris (La Machine du Moulin Rouge). Sept. 6th, 2010. Shot by Rurik Sallé & Fred Ambroisine. Cut by Fred Ambroisine.....(Watch the video on Youtube)

COLETTE KOO IS GONE…
Just learned with great pain that my friend Colette Koo passed away. She was only 50…She started in the film business in the mid-80’s in Hong Kong at Shaw Brothers as an art director (“The Siamese Twins”) and as an actress as well in “My Name Ain’t Suzie” directed by Angela Chan and starring Pat Ha & Anthony Wong...(more on AliveNotDead)

R.I.P. OUYANG SHAFEI (1924-2010)
R.I.P. Ouyang Shafei (1924-2010) - Screencap from Tu Guangqi's "Modern Girl" (1945) Filmography - courtesy from HKMDB.COM Dream of the Red Mansions (1944)The Broken Dream (1948) Female Prisoner No. 13 (1949) To See the Clouds Roll (1950) The Thirteen Grand Tutors (1951) Modern Wives (1951)...(more on AliveNotDead)

SIDI BOU SAID: MOST UNDERRATED BAND EVER
SIDI BOU SAID: LIVE AT THE WATER RATS DEC. 15TH, 2005 (PART 2) More excerpts: "Rat King", "Seams Undone", "Slitty Gap" & "Sicky Vomit"). Shot in London by Fred Ambroisine. Cut by Fred Ambroisine....(Watch the video on Youtube)

OLIVER STONE ON ASIAN CINEMA 2/2 (HONG KONG FILM NEW ACTION)
Oliver Stone talks about some Asian culture related movies from the west like Richard Quine's "The World of Suzie Wong" (1960), Wayne Wang's "The Joy Luck Club" (that he produced in 1993), Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor"....(Watch the video on Youtube)

OLIVER STONE ON ASIAN CINEMA 1/2 (HONG KONG FILM NEW ACTION)
In March 2009, during the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), the Hong Kong Film Development Council (FDC) organized exchange forums and seminars under the banner of "Hong Kong Film: New Action".....(Watch the video on Youtube)

JABBERWOCK: OBSOLETE (LIVE MUSIC VIDEO)
Check out my new live music video: "Obsolete" by the French electro rock band Jabberwock (the original version of this title is available on theit second album Sweet Limbo, released in 2008). This video was shot in Paris (on December 27th, 2009) by Greg Morin ("Paris by Night of the Living Dead") and me...(more on AliveNotDead)

"YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE FRENCH ZOMBIES" IN GERMANY
Here are some screencaps from my featurette "You Don't Mess With The French Zombies" (2008), which will be released on August 19th, 2010 by Anolis on the German DVD of Greg Morin's "Paris By Night of the Living Dead"...(more on AliveNotDead)

PRESENTING WITH LU CHUAN "CITY OF LIFE & DEATH" IN PARIS
II had the chance yesterday during the 8th Paris Cinema International Film Festival to meet for the second time Chinese writer/director Lu Chuan, 4 years after the French theatrical release of his second feature film « Kekexili : Mountain Patrol »...(more on AliveNotDead)

MEETING THE BLOOD TRAFFICK LADIES
Two months ago (on April 1st, 2010 exactly), when I was in Hong Kong, I had the chance to meet writer/director/producer Jennifer Thym (creator of the award-winning web series “Lumina” starring Juju Chan and producer of the upcoming the upcoming indie film “Jasmine”, starring Jason Tobin & Eugenia Yuan...(more on AliveNotDead)

SOME ANKIE BEILKE PHOTOS (CANNES 2010)
Improvised photoshoot with actress/model Ankie Beilke (who recently played the bad girl in Benny Chan's "Connected") during the Cannes Film Festival at the Hong Kong Pavilion on Day 10 (May 21st, 2010). Enjoy!...(more on AliveNotDead)

CLEMENT CHENG: THE “GALLANTS” INTERVIEW (PART 1)
“Gallants”, which opens in Hong Kong today and China tomorrow, is probably the most enjoyable kung-fu comedy made in Hong Kong since “Shaolin Soccer”. First movie produced by actor Gordon Lam Ka-tung (“Infernal Affairs”, “Election”, “Vengeance”) for Focus Films Limited (a film production, investment, acquisition...(more on AliveNotDead)

"GALLANTS" MUSIC VIDEO BY MC JIN!
Check out the new video of MC Jin, from the soundtrack of the greeeeat kung-fu comedy "Gallants" produced by Gordon Lam Ka-tung and Andy Lau, and directed by Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng."Gallants" premiered in March 2010 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival ...(more on AliveNotDead)

TEDDY CHEN'S "BODYGUARDS & ASSASSINS" ITALIAN PREMIERE IN UDINE
Photos from yesterday night at the premiere of Teddy Chen's "Bodyguards and Assassins" screening in Udine during the 12th Far East Film Festival. Director Derek Kwok was also there (Teddy Chen is producing is next movie). Teddy Chen will meet the press and attend a discussion panel today before..(more on AliveNotDead)

CHAPMAN TO AND TEDDY CHEN AT THE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL!
Award-winning Hong Kong director and AnD artist Teddy Chen arrived yesterday (Apr. 29th, 2010) in Italy and will present his successful martial arts movie "Bodyguards and Assassins" tonight at the Far East Film Festival in Udine. ..(more on AliveNotDead)

PATRICK LUNG KONG TRIBUTE + "GALLANTS" ITALIAN PREMIERE IN UDINE !
More pictures from the 12th Udine Far East Film festival featuring legendary Hong Kong writer/director Patrick Lung Kong (“Teddy Girls”, “Story of a Discharged Prisoner”, “The Call Girls”, “Hiroshima 28”…)...(more on AliveNotDead)

"DREAM HOME" WORLD PREMIERE IN UDINE: AWESOME!
“Dream Home” was screened some hours ago in Udine (Italy) for its world premiere at the 12th Far East Film Festival. (It was the full, dark and sick uncut version – the Hong Kong version will be cut a little bit). The movie was, as expected, awesome, and even more than that. The most surprising thing...(more on AliveNotDead)

FILMART 2010: COOL POSTERS FOR ACTION QUEENS
Here are some scans of cool Action Queens oriented posters / flyers that I got during the FILMART between March 22nd and March 25th, 2010. Enjoy...“Naked Soldiers” (2010): a brand new undressed “exploit-action” movie produced by Wong Jing after “Naked Killer” and “Naked Weapon” ..(more on AliveNotDead)

OOPS!... SHE DID IT AGAIN
Kara Hui / Wai Ying-hung : Best actress at the 1st and 29th Hong Kong Film Awards, in 1982 for Liu Chia-liang's "My Young Auntie" (1981) & 2010 for Yuhang Ho's "At the End of Daybreak" (2009). Yeah baby!...(more on AliveNotDead)

PANG HO-CHEUNG’S "DREAM HOME": WORLD PREMIERE @ UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL!
IThis is a copy-paste from the press release of the Far East Film Festival from last month. I’m really looking forward to see it!!!
UDINE FAR EAST FILM 12 The Udine Festival is granted, for its launch on the 23rd April, the World Premiere of...(more on AcliveNotDead)

DJ MISS YELLOW'S B DAY BASH
I spent 16 days in Hong Kong - from March 21st to April 5th, 2010 - and didn’t blog at all during my stay (except to post some pictures of the late Hong Kong sex symbol Tina Ti who passed way a couple of weeks ago). Now I’m back in Paris, and will have the time to post quietly and randomly some photos...(more on AliveNotDead)

HONG KONG 2010: 2 WEEKS STAY, 1 MILLION THINGS TO DO!
Once again, like every year, I’ll fly to Hong Kong to attend the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART); I’ll be there as usual as press (journalist for a French magazine + cameraman / photographer etc...) and filmmaker ...(more on AliveNotDead)

KUMITE: THE LOST ISSUE
This is the cover of the last unreleased issue of the French magazine Kumite. It was supposed to be released in March 2008. Featuring articles on “Mad Detective”, “Lost in Beijing”, “Saigon Eclipse”, “The Butcher”, The 2007 Pusan International Film Festival...(more on AliveNotDead)

JOSIE HO "DREAM HOME" INTERVIEW: PSYCHO KILLING PARTY!
"Dream Home": Beneath the soft, romantic title lurks what might possibly be the craziest, bloodiest slasher film ever made in Hong Kong! Produced, directed and written by the rebellious and prolific Pang Ho-cheung ("You Shoot I Shoot"...(more on Action Queens)

SCREENINGS OF MY DOCUMENTARY AT THE VESOUL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL + 2010 LINE UP!
I’m finishing up editing a documentary called “FICA: Du Proche au Moyen Orient” (FICA: From the Near East to the Far East). FICA stands for the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie (Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema)...(more on AliveNotDead)

UNE AFFAIRE D’ETAT: AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC VALETTE (DIRECTOR)
Released in France on November 25th 2009, “Une Affaire d’Etat” is a suspenseful, action-packed thriller in which three characters cross paths: a corrupt politician (André Dussolier), his henchman (Thierry Frémont), and a hard-boiled female cop...(more on Action Queens)

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: CARRIE NG RULES IN “RED NIGHTS”!
Today I had the chance to attend the very first (early) 35 mm screening of “Red Nights” a.k.a. “Les Nuits Rouges du Bourreau de Jade”, a fetish-mystery-thriller directed by Frenchies Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud (scripwriters of Johnnie To’s “Running Out Of Time”) ...(more on AliveNotDead)

JOCELYNE SAAB: KISS ME NOT ON THE EYES (AND LET ME SHOOT MY MOVIE)
Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Jocelyne Saab became a war reporter in 1975, and began directing independent documentaries in the Middle East. After more than 20 films and numerous international awards Saab moved into fiction...(more on AliveNotDead)

TONY JAA: EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOSHOOT
Shot & cut by Fred Ambroisine. Filmed in Paris in 2005 during the promotion of "Tom-Yum-Goong" a.k.a. "The protector" a.k.a. "L'Honneur du Dragon". Music by Louis Lingg and the Bombs "Going Nowhere Fast" (2009) http://www.myspace.com/louislinggandthebombs...(Watch the video on Youtube)

HUANG LU (BLIND MOUNTAIN) @ CANNES 2007 - Part 1
Huang Lu is a Chinese actress and a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. In Li Yang's Blind Mountain (2007) produced by Li Yang, Li Shan and Alexandra Sun, she played a young college student sold into sexual slavery in a mountain village in central China. This video was shot in May 2007 during the Cannes... (Watch the video on Youtube)

VIDEO: WILL YOU (KEEP THE FLAME) BY FRANCE DE GRIESSEN
"Will You" is an unreleased song by AnD artist France de Griessen, which will be on her upcoming album “Ghost Ballerina”. The footage that I edited come from a live performance shot last year in Paris ....(more on AliveNotDead)

BÉATRICE ROSEN INTERVIEW: MISS (END OF THE) WORLD "2012"
In “2012”, director Roland Emmerich literally blows the world away in a spectacular way never before seen on screen and shows us the worst that can happen to our beloved planet: Earthquakes, tsunamis a-go-go, eruptions in your face, mega-explosions...(more on Action Queens)

"BEIJING PUNK" UNLEASHED IN THE U.S.!
“Beijing Punk” is a feature documentary by Australian writer & director Shaun Jefford, that looks at the underground punk culture in Communist China during the 2008 Olympics. It will be released in the US on December 10th, 2009. Here are 7 minutes of footage uploaded on Youtube in December 2008 ... (more on AliveNotDead)

NEYTIRI: WARRIOR PRINCESS (JAMES CAMERON’S “AVATAR”)
Neytiri, the female lead of James Cameron’s new and most anticipated sci-fi 3D/live action movie “Avatar”, is not human, but she sure has heart. Neytiri is a Na’vi, an extraterrestial humanoid race with blue skin, four fingers, a long tail, and stands...(more on Action Queens)

NATHALIE HAUWELLE INTERVIEW ("CALIBRE 9"): THE GIRL "IN" THE GUN
Everybody loves “Girls with Guns” movies, but “Calibre 9”, an indie action feature marking the debut of young French director Jean-Christian Tassy, may start a brand new trend: “Girls in Guns”! This low-budget, wacky flick stars ...(more on Action Queens)

CANDACE KITA INTERVIEW PART 2: HOTTIE HELPER
OIt’s awesome to watch a heroine kick a bad guy’s ass in the movies! But in real life, it doesn’t really happen very much. According to L.A.-based actress/model and women’s safety advocate Candace Kita, the smartest thing for a woman to do with a potential “predator” is to remove herself ...(more on Action Queens)

R.I.P. JIN LY
OI learned yesterday that one of my best friends, Jin Ly, passed away. Her body was found in Paris’ Seine river two days ago. Her drowning was apparently an accident while she was alone after a boat party last Saturday. She was 31. She directed "Trans# : Working Title", an experimental road movie/docu-...(more on AliveNotDead)

LISA CHENG INTERVIEW: HONG KONG SPIDER GIRL
Known as the "Hong Kong Spider Girl", world champion rock climber Lisa Cheng is also an accomplished gymnast, martial artist, successful bodybuilder, and for the last four years has been the reigning queen of the Miss BodyFitness event at the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championships...(more on Action Queens)

CANDACE KITA INTERVIEW PART 1: HOLLYWOOD HOTTIE
After playing an American housewife turned Super Villainess in the Fox Kids television show “Masked Rider” while still a teenager, actress and model Candace Kita quickly moved on to sexier characters in movies (“Barb Wire”, “I now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”) and television (“Complete Savages”, "Son of the ...(more on Action Queens)

MAGGIE Q: THE "NAKED WEAPON" INTERVIEW
While “Naked Weapon” may not be the greatest movie ever made, it nevertheless made a deep impression on Hong Kong audiences and, perhaps more importantly, gave Maggie Q her first major acting role. Directed by Ching Siu-Tung (“A Chinese Ghost Story”, “Swordsman II”)...(more o Action Queens)

FRANCO NERO WAS IN PARIS! (L’ETRANGE FESTIVAL 2009)
The legendary Franco Nero (“Django”) was invited in Paris last week-end during the 15th edition of L’Etrange Festival (litt. trans.: The Strange Festival) where he presented three of his movies:Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gay drama “Querelle” (1982) adapted from the novel by Jean Genet, “Autostop Rosso Sangue”....(more on AliveNotDead)

KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 2: COMEDY CENTERED
In the second and last part of her interview, D.I.Y. writer-director-actress Kate Freund talks about some of her great Channel 101 (unhopefully) rejected shows, the TV series “The Sarah Silverman Program”, Steve Agee, animation, music, and her new projects. Enjoy...(more on Action Queens)

JAMES CAMERON’S "AVATAR" DAY: THE FRENCH IMAX SCREENINGS
August 21, 2009 was the “Avatar” day. 15 minutes of James Cameron highly anticipated movie were screened wordwide for free in selected theaters (102 screens in the U.S., 342 internationally, with 58 countries participating). In France, this exclusive ..(more on AliveNotDead)

"THE DESCENT 2" : BLOOD AND (MONSTERS) SHIT
On Augutst, 19, 2009,was held the very first French press screening of “The Descent: Part 2”, the efficient sequel of Neil Marshall 2005 spelunking claustrophobic horror monster movie. This sequel marks the directorial debut of Jon Harris, who worked for the last 15 years as an editor...(more on Action Queens)

KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 1: THE 101 CONNECTION
If you know the great Comedy Central TV show “The Sarah Silverman Program”, you surely have seen Kate Freund in a couple of episodes from seasons 1 (Positively Negative) & 2 (Bored of the Rings).But if you’re familiar to the short film festival Channel 101 and its website... (more on Action Queens)

MEGA CONCERT WITH DAMON ALBARN AND AFRICA EXPRESS IN PARIS!
On August 5th, during the music event “Festival Fnac Indétendance”, Africa Express, the musical collective led by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), performed during more than five hours with a lot of great artists....(more on AliveNotDead)

"RUN! BITCH RUN!" INTERVIEW: CHERYL LYONE VS IVET CORVEA
Produced by the indie Californian company Freak Show Entertainment, and directed by Joseph Guzman, who also co-wrote the script with Robert James Hayes II, grindhouse thriller “Run! Bitch Run!” is a confessed tribute to ...(more on Action Queens)

MAGGIE Q PRE-HOLLYWOOD INTERVIEW (PART 1)
OBefore gaining her fame in Hollywood with US blockbusters like “Mission: Impossible III” (2006) and “Die Hard 4.0” (2007), Maggie Q was already a star in Hong Kong, where she played in several movies since 2000, including Ching Siu-tung’s “exploit-action” movie “Naked Weapon” (2002)...(more on Action Queens)

ASIAN MOVIE QUEEN IVY LING PO ON “THE 14 AMAZONS”
Born in China in the early 40’s, Ivy Ling Po was THE most popular Hong Kong actress and singer of Huangmei diao genre – to make it short, it’s a mix between musical and historical drama inspired by Chinese Opera - in the 60’s, with classics produced by Shaw Brothers studios, from “The Love Eterne"... (more on Action Queens)

TEDDY CHEN TALKS "BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS", "PUNITIVE HOMICIDE" AND... JACKIE CHAN
I interviewed director Teddy Chen twice so far. The first time, it was in 2004, and I started with a “career interview” and asked him of course, to talk about about the great action movies that he made in the 90’s like “Downtown Torpedoes” and ...(more on AliveNotDead)

WHO WANTS TO BE IN "A VERY SELFISH DOCUMENTARY"?
My director friend Adeline C. Kayee, is now working on a new project about life in Hong Kong named “A Very Selfish Documentary”, which will be basically about selfish social behaviours in Hong Kong. It’s a 100% indie project (she’s the producer, director, cameraman, editor etc...) and she’s looking for people who... (more on AliveNotDead)

"BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS" TOP-NOTCH CAST & CREW @ FILMART 2009
“Pre-press conferences” (press con of movies before they’re even shot) are often uninteresting, because there is gererally not much to say, especially for the actors. But for 1st press conference of “Bodyguards and Assassins"....(more on AliveNotDead)

WORKING ON "BEAST STALKER" AND "CONNECTED" EXTRA FEATURES
In April 2009, Hong Kong director Dante Lam and actor Nick Cheung were invited in Udine (Italy) at the 11th Far East Film Festival, to present the last movie they made together, “Beast Stalker”, a very dark and touching crime drama...(more on AliveNotDead)

PARIS CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: CRAZY LINE-UP!
Chaired by (French-speaking) English actress Charlotte Rampling and supported by the City of Paris, the 7th edition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (a.k.a. Festival Paris Cinéma) will take place in various Parisian locations...(more on AliveNotDead)

“PCX” BY SO. NOEL: SICK, DRUGS & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
“PCX” are the initials of “Plaintes contre X” (Complaint against X), a French novel written by So. Noel (a.k.a. Sophie Noel), one of the main artists that I’m following for my upcoming documentary “Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls”, that I started in september 2007(and it still not finished!)....(more on AliveNotDead)

HO MENG-HUA (1929-2009): TRIBUTE TO A MASTER OF CINEMA - R.I.P.
Two days ago, I learned like everybody else, that David Carradine and Shek Kin passed away. Two very sad news for American and Hong Kong cinema lovers. But I learned the same day, through Hong Kong friends, that director Ho Meng-hua...(more on AliveNotDead)

VIDEO: ANDREW LIN, HORROR MAKER - ON THE SET OF HONG KONG SLASHER "DREAM HOME"
On March 31st, 2009, I had the opportunity to visit the set of "Dream Home", a Hong Kong horror slasher directed by writer director Pang Ho-cheung ("You Shoot, I Shoot", "Men Suddenly in Black", "AV"...). That day, I audio interviewed some people from...(more)

VIDEO: PRIYANKA CHOPRA INTERVIEW (ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2009)
Miss World in 2000, Indian model Priyanka Chopra became an actress a few years later, and acted in more than 30 films in 7 years. On March 23rd, 2009, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, she received during the 3rd Asian Film Awards, the Nielsen ...(more)

VIDEO: ALEXANDRA FULTON "OMGASM" INTERVIEW
Second and last part of the "Omgasm at Cannes" video. Running time: 5 minutes - Aspect ratio: 1.77 - Format: DVcam - Language: English - Director / Editor: Frédéric Ambroisine - Featuring : Alexandra Fulton. - Music : Indian Vibes : "Mathar" - Shot in : Cannes (Short Film Corner) on May 21th, 2008...(more)

VIDEO: BARBARA WONG ABOUT THE "BJ 300$" PROJECT
“BJ $300” was one of the 27 projects selected in 2009 at the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). “BJ $300 is the fee for a blow job service by an Enko girl. Enko is a Japanese term meaning “compensated dating” which started in 1994 when teenaged school girls began offering sexual services to lonely, middle-aged men who...(more)

VIDEO: WELCOME TO ALIVE NOT DEAD part 1: FAKE BAND / REAL MOVIE
This first part of my documentary "Welcome to Alive Not Dead" focus on the movie "The Heavenly Kings" directed by Daniel Wu, and the origins of the website AliveNotDead.com. "The Heavenly Kings" is a mockumentary about a boy band named Alive... (more)

VIDEO: COLLEEN LEE CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT + INTERVIEW
Born on October 11th, 1980, Colleen Lee Ka-ling is a Hong Kong pianist, who won the 6th place prize in the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 2005. On the occasion of the New Year of the Ox, she performed a tremendous one-hour concert... (more)

VIDEO: ZARA ADAMS INTERVIEW (SALON DU CINEMA)
Zara Adams, a British model & actress of Pakistani and Iranian origins, was invited in Paris, during the 3rd edition of Salon du Cinéma. Shot on in January, 2009 at the Grand Halle de la Vilette - Aspect ratio: 1.77 - Language: English - Music: Lokiks "Rigathermo Bear" (2003) - Running time: 5 minutes 45 seconds... (more)

HONG KONG - ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM (HAF) 2008 feat. ALEXI TAN & HIDEO NAKATA interviews
The 6th edition of the HAF took place between the 17th & the 19th of March 2008. Among the 25 projects selected, there was "Detour" by Taiwanese director Alexi Tan ("Blood Brothers") and "Gensenkan" by the Japanese director Hideo Nakata ("Ringu")...(more)

VIDEO: KENNETH BI - MAKING THE DRUMMER (SHORT VERSION)
Since the third part of Kenneth Bi trilogy interview was very long compared to the others, I decided to recut it and make it shorter. So now, you have the choice to see a 14-minute version more dynamic (with more pictures also, because there're more cuts) ...(more)

VIDEO: PETER CHAN ABOUT "THE WARLORD" (HONG KONG FILMART)
Based on the same story of Chang Cheh's 1973-masterpiece "Blood Brothers" and released in Hong Kong at the end of 2007, "The Warlords", a big budget war action drama starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro was announced during the Hong Kong...(more)

VIDEO: KENNETH BI TRILOGY INTERVIEW - PART 3
The third and last part of Kenneth Bi interview is exclusively focused on his movie "The Drummer", shot in 2006 and released in Hong Kong in 2007 after being at the Locarno International Film Festival. In this long interview (more than 40 minutes) illustrated by several exclusive pictures provided by the writer-director, Kenneth Bi talks about... (more)

VIDEO: THE HONG KONG/SPANISH CONNECTION - AN INTERVIEW WITH ÁNGEL SALA (Sitges Festival Internacional de Catalunya)
The following video was shot in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Filmart on March 19th, 2008. It's a short interview focused on Asian cinema, of Ángel Sala, the president of the Sitges ... (more)

VIDEO: A JAZZY CHINESE NEW YEAR - THE EUGENE PAO QUARTET
Excerpts of the Eugene Pao Quartet concert (Eugene Pao, Sylvain Gagnon, Anthony Fernandes & Ted Lo), shot in Paris on February 11th, 2008, for the celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Rat, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council... (more)

VIDEO: ASIA FILMFEST IN MUNICH
I shot the following video on November 8th, 2008, when I just arrived in Munich to attend the 5th edition of the Asia Filmfest, which is the largest festival in Germany about Asian movies (55 movies this year). Actually, I arrived almost the end of the festival, which started the week before...(more)

VIDEO: KENNETH BI TRILOGY INTERVIEW - PART 2un deux trois
In this 2nd part, Kenneth Bi talks about his first digital movie, "A Small Miracle", which was screened in 2002 at the Deauville Asian Film Festival, and also talks about his first "real" movie, "Rice Rhapsody" starring Sylvia Chang and produced by Jackie Chan... (more)

VIDEO: THE YEAR OF THE RAT (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
Speeches – in French or English / no sub – of Jacques Pelletier (Association France-Hong Kong president), Lore Buscher (HKTDC - Regional Director, Central Europe), Zhao Jin Jun (Chinese Embassador in France) and Duncan Pescod (Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Communities)... (more)

VIDEO: "YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE FRENCH ZOMBIES" (A FEATURETTE OF "PARIS BY NIGHT IF THE LIVING DEAD")
This 15-minute documentary about the French action horror short "Paris by Night of the Living Dead", was shot during the post-production of the movie. Featuring interviews of director Grégory Morin, producer Eric Fantone, plus exclusive materials (footages, storyboard...)... (more)

VIDEO: "INVITATION ONLY" (AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHELLE YEH INTERVIEW)
Online since October 20th, 2008: My interview with the Taiwanese producer Michelle Yeh - from the company Three Dots Entertainment - at the Hong Kong Filmart, about "Invitation Only", the first ever slasher horror from Taiwan, starring Maria Osawa... (more)

VIDEO: "RED CLIFF PARTY - CANNES 2008"
Online since October 17th, 2008: My video about the "Red Cliff" party, shot in May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival - featuring director John Woo, producer Terence Chang + Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Carina Lau, Zhang Fengyi, Jackie Chan, Lin Chi-Ling, Hu Jun, Zhang Feng-Yi, Michelle Yeoh, Vicky Zhao Wei, Christopher Doyle... (more)

VIDEO: "OMGASM AT CANNES - PART 1" (PREMIERE)
"Omgasm" is a 5 minutes American comedy about sex and yoga directed and produced by the first-timer Alexandra Fulton who's also playing in it.Screened for the first time in France during the Cannes Film Festival at the Short Film Corner, this short movie had the advantage to get a very flashy and enthousiastic promotion... (more)

VIDEO: "MARTYRS VS CENSORSHIP" (FEATURING PASCAL LAUGIER AND MORJANA EL ALAOUI)
Online since September 3rd, 2008: After being delayed for a few months because of a 18+ rating due to its extreme violence, the French horror thriller "Martyrs" was finally released in the local theaters, with a 16+ rating with warning. This video was shot in June 2008... (more)